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2. Literature review The yield spread is defined as the difference between the yield on a corporate bond and a comparable government bond. Prior to a study done by Merton (1974) yield spreads were considered to be mainly driven by expected default losses on corporate bonds, tax premiums and risk premiums (Radier et al, 2015). However, Merton (1974) and more recent research has shown that factors such as equity volatility, liquidity, interest rate levels and the slope of the treasury term structure

Arbitrage in the Government Market 1. In 1991, major discrepancies in the prices of multiple long maturity US Treasury bonds seemed to appear in the market. An employee of the firm Mercer and Associates, Samantha Thompson, thought of a way to exploit this opportunity in order to take advantage of a positive pricing difference by substituting superior bonds for existing holdings. Thompson created two synthetic bonds that imitated the cash flows of the 8¼ May 00-05 bond; one for if the bond had been called

Introduction of Municipal Bonds in United States 1. What is bond? “Individuals and businesses lend their savings to borrowers. In exchange, borrowers give lenders a debt instrument, which is called bonds, representing a promise by borrowers to pay interest income to lenders on the principal (the amount of money borrowed) until the principal is repaid to the lenders” (Feldstein & Fabozzi, 2011). 2. Why do State and local government issue bonds? Public departments

FCOM Assignment: 1 Name: Kartik gambhir ID number: 300349042 Word count:1336 Social bonds are a way for the government to contract social outcomes. The government in New Zealand has decided for a different approach that could connect private businesses and the government together. The government will allow the use of businesses handling government sectors like schools, prison and hospitals. Social bonds concentrates on the non-profit, and private organisations. These organisations help deliver

2. The Impact of Bond Market on European Government Debt Problems 2.1. Bond Market The bond market is one of the fixed-income markets that it is deals in with transaction of long term fixed-income securities. Moreover, the bond is one of the financial instruments and then the financial instruments are generally regarded as securities. In the bond market, there are two bonds familiar to mass investors. One is called government bonds, and another one is called corporate bonds. Firstly, as its name

Questions Midterm #2 1. “A government whose bonds are widely held by the general public is less likely to face violent revolution.” Why might that be the case? Before we answer the first question, we must need to know what a “Government Bond” is. It is a debt security issued by a government to support government spending, most often issued in the country's domestic currency. Federal government bonds in the United States include: the savings bond, Treasury bond, Treasury inflation-protected

with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits -21- of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; (2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’,

Multiple Choice Section 1) B – European demand for U.S. government bonds 2) D – No, if one currency appreciates, the other must depreciate. 3) A – Devaluation 4) A – Appreciated 5) C- Increase aggregate demand in Japan 6) A – An increase in U.S. imports 7) C – Aggregate demand shifts inward 8) B – Lower interest rates 9) C – Foreign capital will be attracted to the United States and the dollar with appreciate. 10) D – Inflows and exchange rate appreciation Open Ended Question 1) • Concerns

Have Government Bond Yields Bottomed? The media has recently spent much attention on events in the UK Gilt market, where yields have been rising against a backdrop of a depreciating sterling exchange rate. Investors clearly fear, therefore, that the UK will soon be importing inflation. Approximately 66% of UK imports are invoiced in US dollars, while 23% is billed in sterling and just 5% in Euros. In terms of assessing the threat of imported inflation, the prospective behaviour of Cable (£/S) is

Acknowledgements Research Description Government securities are often sold through a mechanism similar to an auction. There currently exists a significant amount of literature about estimating such models, for example, using data from the United States, Turkey, or France. This project aims at studying the workings behind government bond selling mechanisms. The project will look at studies that try to empirically characterize the strategic behaviour of participants in government bond auctions in order to construct